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The commonly favored approach for mentoring undergraduate (UG) students has been to match one student with one or more research mentors who are typically faculty, postdoctoral researchers, or graduate students. [...]

This study applies S. Douglas Olson's (2012) pedagogical methodology to a specific subject: classical mythology a course taught at universities and colleges across the country. Olson's innovations, while originally built around a classical civilization course, are easily adaptable to this subject matter and prevent a large instruction class from being too simplistic Furthermore, they engage students in the material through primary source research and writing assignments without overburdening students. The grading load per student is decreased, making the instructor's invested time comparable to that of a traditional small-instruction class that implements papers and exams. The result was an enjoyable classroom experience that encouraged interaction among students with a wide variety of backgrounds and interests, while allowing the instructor to focus on the needs of the students in the classroom rather than excessive grading., Over the past 30 years, increasing budgetary constraints and rising student populations have caused universities across the nation to create large-enrollment (+100 students) lecture courses. Both Florida State University (FSU) [...]

Early in 2015, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) began an initiative called the LEAP Challenge with the goal of encouraging and assisting institutions as they created and [...]

Over the last few years, eight colleges and universities have committed to curricular change that incorporates 'signature work'--work that allows students to pursue their own projects (or questions) that integrate [...]

'UC Davis is my dream school!' An admissions coach must have stressed the need for such a declaration--'and make it passionate!' --to a tutorial on admission interviews somewhere in cyberspace, [...]

Brad S. Gregory argues in his 'God and Guns' contribution that today's troubled, secularized academy would benefit from 'the hiring and support of scholars...'who conduct theological inquiry in relationship to [...]

We all know that a well-trained and diverse environmental health workforce is essential to delivering quality environmental health services. But how do we work to ensure that environmental health professionals [...]

ABSTRACT Jennifer Caplan discusses teaching the Introduction to Jewish Studies course at three very different institutions and considers how she changed the course for different kinds of students, from 'heritage' [...]

Many of today's jobs are destined to be eliminated or replaced in the coming decades as rapid technological progress drives business, schools, governments, and society to adapt. Duke University professor [...]

Character education is the explicit teaching of positive values by teachers, which is supported by the school. Currently, there is a lack of research on character education with regard to pre-service teachers. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the perceptions of pre-service teachers with regard to their support for character education and their feelings toward its importance in an undergraduate curriculum/methods course. The instrument utilized in this study was PPCES (Prc-service Teacher Perceptions of Character Education Survey). The study's sample consisted of pre-service teachers enrolled in an undergraduate course at a mid-western university. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficients revealed that character education received high levels of support and pre-service teachers supported the notion of including character education issues in undergraduate teacher education courses., Morals and values form an important foundation for our modem society. From the words in the Pledge of Allegiance to the oaths that one takes in a courtroom, the reminder [...]

Abstract Four-field anthropology departments are no longer in a 'steady state'. Their integrity is threatened by a combination of internal and external developments. It remains to be seen whether they, [...]

2013 MFA Index: 85 Full-Residency Programs Popularity Popularity Program (ordered MFA Survey: Survey: alphabetically) Established 2012 Four-Year Arizona State University in Tempe 1985 23 22 Boise State University in Idaho [...]

'What we need is more big picture thinking in the professions and more real-world experience in the liberal arts.' Steven Weiss (1935-2008) Former Managing Director, Neuberger Berman LLC Do you [...]

Practicum experiences are an extremely critical component to any teacher education program. Yet how pre-service teachers are included in classrooms can be organized in multiple ways and is influenced by many factors. Structurally, universities must consider school schedules and student course offering schedules. More important is ensuring pre-service teachers have the experience and the support that best prepares them for classroom teaching. This study compares two structures for a pre-service teaching practicum to determine which best prepares pre-service teachers to take on the responsibilities associated with teaching in a classroom as reported by the pre-service teachers. One schedule allows for the professor to be in the field with the student, while the other does not. The specific objective of the study was to determine if there is a difference in what pre-service teachers feel they have gained from their field experience with varying faculty involvement. Results suggest that some benefits in planning and dealing with student-to-student conflict are offered with a scheduling structure that allows faculty to be on site. Keywords: practicum experiences, pre-service teacher education, field experience scheduling, Researchers have identified many reasons for university faculty involvement in pre-service teacher practicum experiences including a stronger school-university partnership, helping teacher education faculty grow in understanding and maintaining contact with [...]

Abstract A survey of financial planning professionals was conducted to determine the level of expertise and importance of financial planning topics desired by employers of entry-level graduates of financial planning [...]

The humanities today face a series of challenges--including an inbred narcissism, chronic under-funding, and social irrelevance. This essay explains some of the reasons for this state of things. It advocates [...]

This article looks at the role liberal arts colleges or universities can play in developing individuals with a comparative advantage in new enterprise creation. The thesis is that entrepreneurship is [...]

Janet Kolodzy attended a convergence conference last fall at Brigham Young University where local editors described the kind of skills they wanted in new reporters. Kolodzy, an assistant professor of [...]

It is common to frame intercollegiate athletics and higher education as existing in opposition, even attributing the challenges of the latter to the presence of the former. Instead of viewing [...]

Not so long ago the idea of learning to create video games in college classes was outrageous. If you were a student then, thinking about following your passion for creating [...]

Introduction In the last decade of the twentieth century, concerns about the impact of diverse interests on college campuses gave rise to a reconsideration of the value and purpose of [...]

Where to begin and where to end? The overlapping domains of organizational research and family business encompass huge bodies of literature and a myriad of subtopics. The study of organizations [...]